Specifications

The EC-05 is an electric scooter from the famous Japanese brand Yamaha. Yamaha is one of the largest manufacturers of motorcycles in the world.

The EC-05 is created in a partnership with the Taiwanese e-scooter startup Gogoro and the scooter shares many features of the Gogoro 2, including the power-train and batteries.

The scooter has a 6,400 watt electric motor. The scooter has a top speed of 90 km/h and accelerates from 0 to 50 km/h in 3.9 seconds.

The speed of the scooter can be restricted to be officially registered as 45km/h scooter in Europe.

The scooter has two removable Gogoro-compatible Lithium batteries for a range of 110 km. Yamaha has entered a partnership with Honda, Kawasaki and Suzuki to design a standardized swap-able battery that can be shared by many electric vehicles, including cars and boats.

The batteries can be swapped at existing Gogoro GoStation battery-swap facilities and Gogoro provides a home-charger named GoCharger.

The dashboard is similar to that of the Gogoro 2. The scooter has a wireless RFID key and connects to a smart phone for access to scooter apps.

Using modern platforms such as www.uship.com, international transport of the scooter may cost less than ₹10.000.

Uship makes it possible to make use of otherwise wasted space in international transport. There may be similar services in India.

An electric motor does not require maintenance and for basic maintenance it is possible to use regular scooter garages or modern service providers such as Bosch E-scooter Service with over 14.000 locations globally. (Bosch is producer of electric motors).

Electric 2020

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Air Pollution by Disc Brakes causes 20% of the total emissions by a standard car and the pollution (ultra-fine dust) is more toxic for humans than exhaust fumes.

"Vehicle tailpipe emissions are going down, but the emissions from disc brakes will remain to some extent, even if you drive an electric car," Weber said. "Therefore, this kind of process will continue to play out in the future and will be an important consideration when we look at the health effects of particulate matter." (Phys.org)